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Friday, September 13, 2013

How to Add a Shining CSS3 Horizontal Menu For Blogger

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Horizontal menu best alternative option for labels or sections.
The importance of horizontal menu including: reducing the space occupied by the sections/labels and distort the appearance of blog, coordinate and beautify the style of blog.
This widget is designed by CSS3 technology, And you can add this gadget to your blog with very easy way:


Adding the widget to Blogger blog:
1. Go to Blogger Dashboard  → Layout → click on "Add a gadget".
2. Select "html/java script" and add the code given below:
<style type="text/css">.menu li{list-style:none;display:inline}.menu li a{-moz-transition:all 270ms ease-in-out 0s;-webkit-transition:all 310ms ease-in-out;-o-transition:all 270ms ease-in-out;background:url("https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfD3J_VZEMLmWZUskjU9AyBU8vOFWbDS07IapnhuTvUfGE-27c43s7uuMgEzOIUphUAmxDKr4qlGtLWyLksxPy1AdCJjZFr4hvFelnL4eUhfoqotI9m2SrVkj7HZpiIUzAoo6jmTWGW0/s1600/noop-menu-blogger.png") repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;border:1px solid #1357AF!important;border-radius:3px 3px 3px 3px;color:#FFFFFF!important;font:14px arial!important;padding:10px 38px!important;text-decoration:none;text-shadow:1px 1px 0 #000;margin-left:-5px}.menu li a:hover{background-position:right center!important}</style>
<a href="http://bbloggertutorials.blogspot.com" style="position: absolute;z-index:-11;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxJ3MFLPkY6Bteo9HFFRBLacG5qRPGAejAPxA1yuinp5R9FBf5oF_kIjnfcVFyB4R7p7BAY3CHDBq7qTGiPZu9Lz9NhRvfsnytA4MjT5Fk4-y-x0mE176YAjqaqL1lpQn-aV-RMv-cMk/s1600/1x1juice.png" /></a>
<div class="wg-shining-menu">
    <ul class="menu">
        <li><a href="http://bbloggertutorials.blogspot.com/">Home</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Features</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://bbloggertutorials.blogspot.com/p/blogger-tools.html">Products</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://bbloggertutorials.blogspot.com/p/contact-me.html">Contact</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://bbloggertutorials.blogspot.com/p/sitemap.html">Tips</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://bbloggertutorials.blogspot.com/p/terms-and-conditions.html">Tricks</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
    </ul>

</div>
NOTE
3. - Replace the URL in blue with your own.
    - Replace the tab name in red with your own.
4. Finally click on save.
Now you can see the result  (o)

Sunday, September 8, 2013

How to Add Metro Style Social Widget for Blogger

DKDE || blogpemula2019.blogspot.com || okysetyakelana.blogspot.com 

Today I will give you a very nice addition to your blog and frankly I liked this widget a lot. It is a social networking sites widget on the form of Metro as in windows 8.

Adding the widget in Layout
1. Go to Blogger Dashboard  → Layout → click on "Add a gadget".
2. Select "html/java script" and add the code given below.
<div class="metro-social">
<li><a class="fb" href="Your Facebook URL here"></a></li>
<li><a class="tw" href="Your Twitter URL here"></a></li>
<li><a class="gp" href="Your GooGle + URL here"></a></li>
<li><a class="fd" href="Your FeedBurner URL here"></a></li>
</div>
<style>
/*Metro UI Social Profile Widget v2.0 by Tech Prevue Labs
Web link to gadget code: 
Distributed under license CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 INT
Please keep license information intact while using this widget*/
.metro-social{width:285px}
.metro-social li{position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0;list-style:none}
.metro-social .fb,.tw,.gp,.fd{z-index:7;float:left;margin:1px;position:relative;display:block}
.metro-social .fb{background:url(//goo.gl/6xmUk) no-repeat center center #1f69b3;width:140px;height:141px}
.metro-social .tw{background:url(//goo.gl/oyiFK) no-repeat center center #43b3e5;width:140px;height:70px}
.metro-social .gp{background:url(//goo.gl/oT0kF) no-repeat center center #da4a38;width:140px;height:69px}
.metro-social .fd{background:url(//goo.gl/ncoLY) no-repeat center center #e9a01c;width:282px;height:69px}
.metro-social li:hover .fb{background:url(//goo.gl/MH8AP) no-repeat center center #1f69b3}
.metro-social li:hover .tw{background:url(//goo.gl/hHRHv) no-repeat center center #43b3e5}
.metro-social li:hover .gp{background:url(//goo.gl/wva4B) no-repeat center center #da4a38}
.metro-social li:hover .fd{background:url(//goo.gl/JFGqn) no-repeat center center #e9a01c}
</style>
<br />
3. Replace "Your ..... URL here" with Your URL.
4. Click on save.
I hope you enjoy & happy blogging! :)

Saturday, September 7, 2013

How To Add Related Posts Widget To Blogger With Summary

DKDE || blogpemula2019.blogspot.com || okysetyakelana.blogspot.com 

I wrote a previous blog post about How To Add Related Posts Widget To Blogger With Thumbnails.We already know the importance of the widget, but in this tutorial I'll show you the best related posts widget to your blog , If you want to add this widget to your blog please follow me:

1. Go to Blogger Dashboard  --> Template
2. Please! download  a copy of your template
3. Now click on Edit HTML
4. Use Ctrl+F to find </head>
5. Then copy and paste the below code just above/before it ( </head> ):
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
var relatedTitles = new Array();
var relatedUrls = new Array();
var relatedpSummary = new Array();
var relatedThumb = new Array();
var relatedTitlesNum = 0;

var relatedPostsNum = 4; // number of entries to be shown
var relatedmaxnum = 75; // the number of characters of summary
var relatednoimage = "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHG0zOY3Myyu9DmtpnKWBe6mioEqcCzEBubqtw4mTrkiV3QdB6KgHefS6Rb-5_0UXrNUwqa_0DtrGGgYAgqhpdqXkz4S3VS1LqhUHFjGq04gDznUndUwadlxJ-3uyTt8MC8zgbP8cPeSus/s1600/no_image.jpg"; // default picture for entries with no image

function readpostlabels(json) {
  var entry, postimg, postcontent, cat;
  for (var i = 0; i < json.feed.entry.length; i++) {
    entry = json.feed.entry[i];
    if (i==json.feed.entry.length) { break; }
    relatedTitles[relatedTitlesNum] = entry.title.$t;
    postcontent = "";
    if ("content" in entry) {
      postcontent = entry.content.$t;
    } else if ("summary" in entry) {
      postcontent = entry.summary.$t;
    }
    relatedpSummary[relatedTitlesNum] = removetags(postcontent,relatedmaxnum);
    if ("media$thumbnail" in entry) {
      postimg = entry.media$thumbnail.url;
    } else {
      postimg = relatednoimage;
    }
    relatedThumb[relatedTitlesNum] = postimg;
    for (var k = 0; k < entry.link.length; k++) {
      if (entry.link[k].rel == 'alternate') {
        relatedUrls[relatedTitlesNum] = entry.link[k].href;
        break;
      }
    }
    relatedTitlesNum++;
  }
}
function showrelated() {
  var tmp = new Array(0);
  var tmp2 = new Array(0);
  var tmp3 = new Array(0);
  var tmp4 = new Array(0);
  for(var i = 0; i < relatedUrls.length; i++) {
    if(!contains(tmp, relatedUrls[i])) {
      tmp.length += 1; tmp[tmp.length - 1] = relatedUrls[i];
      tmp2.length += 1; tmp2[tmp2.length - 1] = relatedTitles[i];
      tmp3.length += 1; tmp3[tmp3.length - 1] = relatedpSummary[i];
      tmp4.length += 1; tmp4[tmp4.length - 1] = relatedThumb[i];
    }
  }
  relatedTitles = tmp2; relatedUrls = tmp; relatedpSummary = tmp3; relatedThumb = tmp4;
  for(var i = 0; i < relatedTitles.length; i++){
    var index = Math.floor((relatedTitles.length - 1) * Math.random());
    var tempTitle = relatedTitles[i]; var tempUrls = relatedUrls[i];
    var tempResum = relatedpSummary[i]; var tempImage = relatedThumb[i];
    relatedTitles[i] = relatedTitles[index]; relatedUrls[i] = relatedUrls[index];
    relatedpSummary[i] = relatedpSummary[index]; relatedThumb[i] = relatedThumb[index];
    relatedTitles[index] = tempTitle; relatedUrls[index] = tempUrls;
    relatedpSummary[index] = tempResum; relatedThumb[index] = tempImage;
  }
  var somePosts = 0;
  var r = Math.floor((relatedTitles.length - 1) * Math.random());
  var relsump = r; 
  var output;
  var dirURL = document.URL;

  while (somePosts < relatedPostsNum) {
    if (relatedUrls[r] != dirURL) {

      output = "<div class='relatedsumposts'>";
      output += "<a href='" + relatedUrls[r] + "' rel='nofollow'  target='_self' title='" + relatedTitles[r] + "'><img src='" + relatedThumb[r] + "' /></a>";
      output += "<h6><a href='" + relatedUrls[r] + "' target='_self'>" + relatedTitles[r] + "</a></h6>";
      output += "<p>" + relatedpSummary[r] + " ... </p>";
      output += "</div>";
      document.write(output);
      
      somePosts++;
      if (somePosts == relatedPostsNum) { break; }
    }
    if (r < relatedTitles.length - 1) {

      r++;
    } else {
      
      r = 0;
    }

    if(r==relsump) { break; }
  }
}
function removetags(text,length){
  var pSummary = text.split("<");
  for(var i=0;i<pSummary.length;i++){
    if(pSummary[i].indexOf(">")!=-1){
      pSummary[i] = pSummary[i].substring(pSummary[i].indexOf(">")+1,pSummary[i].length);
    }
  }
  pSummary = pSummary.join("");
  pSummary = pSummary.substring(0,length-1);
  return pSummary;
function contains(a, e) {
  for(var j = 0; j < a.length; j++) if (a[j]==e) return true;
  return false;
}
//]]>
</script>

Note:
- To change the default picture, replace the URL in pink with your own
- For displaying more than 4 posts or less, replace modify the value in red (4)
To change the number of characters to be shown in posts summary, modify the value in blue (75)
5. Now Search the following code:
<a expr:href='data:label.url' rel='tag'><data:label.name/></a><b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'>,</b:if>
6. Just after it, copy and paste the below code:
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
    <script expr:src='&quot;/feeds/posts/default/-/&quot; + data:label.name + &quot;?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=readpostlabels&amp;max-results=50&quot;' type='text/javascript'/>
  </b:if>
7. Now find the following code:
</b:includable>          
                <b:includable id='postQuickEdit' var='post'>
8. Then copy and paste the below code just above/before it
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
  <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-4'>
    <div id='relatedpostssum'><div style='text-align: left; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold;'>RELATED POSTS</div>
      <script type='text/javascript'>showrelated();</script>
    </div>
    <div style='clear:both;'/>
  </div>
</b:if>
9.  Finally search for this tag:  ]]></b:skin>
10. Add below CSS code just above it,
<relatedsumposts {
  float: left;
  margin: 0px 5px;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-align: center;
  /* width and height of the related posts area */
  width: 120px;
  height: 210px;
}

.relatedsumposts:hover { 
background-color: #F3F3F3; -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 10px;
border-radius: 10px;
}

.relatedsumposts img:hover {
-khtml-opacity:0.4;
-moz-opacity:0.4;
opacity:0.4;
}

.relatedsumposts a {
  /* link properties */
color: #linkcolor;
  display: inline;
  font-size: 10px;
  line-height: 1;
}
.relatedsumposts img {
  /* thumbnail properties */
margin-top: 2px;
  height: 82px;
  padding: 5px;
  width: 82px;
border: 1px solid #fff;
-webkit-border-radius: 100px;
-moz-border-radius: 100px;
border-radius: 100px;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
}
.relatedsumposts h6 {
  /* title properties */
  display: table-cell;
  height: 5em;
  margin: 5px 0 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding-bottom: 2px;
  vertical-align: middle;
  width: 130px;
}

.relatedsumposts p {
  /* summary properties */
border-top: 1px dotted #777777;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #777777;
color: #summarycolor;
  font-size: 10px;
  height: 4em;
  line-height: 1;
  margin: 5px 0 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 5px 0 15px 0;
  text-align: left;
}
Note:
-Modify the values in red to adjust the width (120) and height (210) of the widget area
-Replace #linkcolor with the hex value of your color to change the color of post titles
-To change the size of thumbnails, modify the values marked in pink (82)
-To determine the border roundness, modify the values in green (100)
-To change the color of the post snippet, change #summarycolor with color hex value
11. Now take a preview and save your template.